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Example sentences for "though anxious"

  • He washed and changed, and hurriedly left the hotel again, as though anxious to waste no time.

  • He moved on hastily, as though anxious to get out of the house.

  • She, as though anxious to avoid any conversation, walked ahead, silent and alone.

  • It was with some difficulty that we could get our horses to face the monsters, and even with all our exertions the animals would suddenly start, as though anxious to quit so loathsome a sight.

  • Once I saw him make a movement with one of his hands towards his belt, as though anxious to try the chances of a shot in my direction, but he apparently altered his mind, and arose to his feet.

  • Then their mouths opened and their huge fangs were exposed, glistening in the sun, as though anxious to try their strength upon our bodies.

  • Why should he crawl up, and lie there in those bushes, just as though anxious to listen to what the boys were talking about?

  • Teddy bent down and secured possession of the thing, which he instantly raised to his nose, as though anxious to make doubly sure.

  • Tiring finally of the fun, and Amos looking as though anxious to get hold of the catch in order to prepare the fish for supper, Dolph came in.

  • Daniel turned to point to the meadows, and as he did so he saw the fairy, in an attitude of rapt attention, stooping behind the hedgerow as though anxious to overhear the conversation.

  • At the same time Giles saw that the figure was more distant than before, and that it was slowly gliding away, but beckoning to him, as though anxious that he should follow.

  • His hand has left the curtain and is now clinging to the lintel of the door, as though anxious of more support than the soft velvet of the portiere could afford.

  • It is a very pretty baby," says Dulce, as though anxious to explain matters.

  • Dulce, hastily, as though anxious to take a stigma off her country-side.

  • The gay sailors, as they passed, turned their heads, repeating their shouts and greetings, as though anxious to awaken that human figure, rigid and clinging to the balustrade as though forming a part of its decoration.

  • With a certain haste, he took the young man toward the vestibule of the Casino as though anxious to avoid the presence of the groups who were filling the anteroom.

  • One of them is Valeria, dressed with gay and showy elegance, as though anxious to compensate in a moment for years of frugality and privation.

  • He was standing close to the main exit with his hands behind him, looking up to the sky as though anxious to discover whether it were still raining.

  • Her eyes seemed always to be seeking mine, as though anxious to learn whether I were indeed speaking the truth.

  • She looked at me for several moments as though anxious to be sure that I had spoken the truth.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    chamel sauce; does not include industrial lines broad; had his; political leader; these points; though anxious; though less; though many; though much; though often; though once; though possessed; though seeking; though small; though still; though they had been; though very; though whether; thought and; thought best; thought itself; thought mebbe; thought more; thought very; thought you would like; thoughtful voice